The Mariners are the 12th most valuable team in Major League Baseball, according to Forbes, and are about to get more valuable thanks largely to the organization’s upcoming opportunity to opt out of its TV contract. In a new feature Wednesday, the magazine said the Mariners are currently worth $644 million. The team brought in […]
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Baseball season is getting close; Opening Day is less than a month away, on April 1 (no foolin’). And the Mariners’ first home game will be April 8 against the AL West-newcomer Houston Astros. Single-game tickets to Mariners games are going on sale next week, on March 16. The prices are viewable on the Mariners […]
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It was in 2005, when he was a 19-year-old rookie, that Felix Hernandez walked into Safeco Field, saw thousands of fans pouring in to see the Mariners, and knew Seattle would be his new home. On Wednesday, with a perfect game in his pocket and a couple months until his 27th birthday, “King Felix” sat […]
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The Seattle Mariners on Tuesday announced they have reached a deal with pitching ace Felix Hernandez for a contract extension, though the specifics of the agreement have not yet been made official. Hernandez, 26, will sign the contract Wednesday during a 2 p.m. news conference with Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik at Safeco Field, the team […]
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One of the greatest players in the history of baseball, Ken Griffey Jr., will be inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame, the team announced Tuesday. He’ll join six others in the M’s hall when he is inducted during a pregame ceremony on Aug. 10, when the Mariners host the Milwaukee Brewers at Safeco […]
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The Mariners have hired Aaron Goldsmith as a full-time radio broadcasting partner for play-by-play man Rick Rizzs, the team announced Thursday. Goldsmith, 29, has risen quickly through the baseball broadcasting ranks. A St. Louis native, after graduating in 2006 from Principia College in Elsah, Ill., he became the No. 2 broadcaster for the Double-A Portland […]
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Last month Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik did all but rule out the possibility of signing Josh Hamilton this off season. Zduriencik told Greg Johns of MLB.com that the M’s do need offense, as they’ve finished dead-last in the league in batting average for three years running, but the price tag on Hamilton was just too much […]
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The Mariners are bringing an All-Star designated hitter to Safeco Field, but not as a result of the MLB Winter Meetings going on this week in Nashville, Tenn. No, the M’s on Tuesday announced plans to build a new open-air restaurant in the ballpark’s outfield called “Edgar’s.” Named of course for legendary Mariners DH Edgar […]
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You may have noticed the increasing number of empty seats at Safeco Field over the past few years. Of course, you’d have to have actually attended a recent Mariners game to notice. It’s no real surprise that, as the Mariners have gone down the A.L. West toilet in the past, oh, seven or eight years, […]
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